HEPATITIS C RISKS

• Sharing syringes to inject drugs, hormones or steroids
  

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• Tattoos & body piercings in unregulated settings​​
   
  
• HIV-infection​
   
• History of incarceration​
   
• Children born to mothers infected with Hepatitis C
   
• Non-injection drug use is a risk factor for HCV (and many other infectious diseases)
   
• Sharing drug use equipment (pipes, cotton, cookers, water, etc.)
   
• Sharing straws for snorting drugs
   
• Occupational needlestick
   
• Received blood transfusions or blood components before 1992
   
• Sharing personal care items such as razors, clippers or toothbrushes
   
• Sexual transmission (not common, however, some sexual practices may involve blood) ​